KING'S BAY PARK
"Courtney,"
Jason says, her name
suddenly the most graceless thing he has ever heard as it drops off his
lips. Something is very wrong, he can tell that much just by looking at
her.
Her cold stare does all the talking
that could ever be necessary, but she doesn't let that stop her. "You knew.
You knew!"
He knows that his stare betrays the
truth, no matter what he might want to say. He looks over at
Alex on the
other swing. Alex looks up at Courtney, but she hardly even acknowledges
him.
"I can't believe you!" she rails
at Jason. "How long did you know?"
He shrugs awkwardly. The gesture
makes it all too clear that he is trying to figure out what answer to give.
"Court," Alex cuts in with a hint
of urgency, "what are you talking about?" He knows the answer already.
"About ... you," she says carefully.
Then she holds up her palms. "Don't worry, Lauren
didn't tell me or anything.
I just sorta ... pieced it together. She told me to come talk to you if
I wanted to know what was going on."
"Well ... I appreciate that," he
says in a voice close to a mumble, very reflectively. Then his volume increases.
"So why are you mad at Jason? He was just respecting my privacy."
"That's not the problem! He let Lauren
keep going after you, he let me keep encouraging her, and he let you keep
going along with it!" She turns sharply to her boyfriend. "How long did
you know, anyway?"
"A--I don't know, uh--a while," Jason
stammers. His heart feels like it is trying to jump out of his throat.
"How'd you find out? And without
us finding out?"
He shrugs uncomfortably. "I don't
know. I just ... it came up. I sorta figured it out. We talked about it
a little."
"And you let Lauren and I act like
total idiots for how long? Real smooth, Jay." Courtney shakes her head
angrily. "I can't believe you!"
"Courtney, wait," Alex calls out
before she can make a move. "Don't let this ruin things. Don't hold this
against Jason."
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